Middle School Selections ~Kelly Frank: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare ~Jeff Reynolds: Heart of a Champion by Carl Deuker ~Connell NeSmith: My Dog Skip by Willie Morris ~Janie Owens: AlabamaMoonby Watt Key ~Holly Wylie: A Night to Remember by Walter Lord (7-12)
~Mary Frank Yates: Gentle's Holler by Kerry Madden.
~Gayle Gawlick and Carey Ann Schuck: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (7-10) ~Sarah Sherrick: Speak Laurie Hales Anderson (8-12 girls only) ~Jonathan Bysura Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justiceby Pete Nelson
~Karen Linde Shadowland by Meg Cabot
~Laura Schott Crusader by Edward Bloor
Guidelines for Student Preparation: You MUST bring a copy of your required book to school, as you will be using it during the first few weeks. Annotate (underline, highlight, take notes) as you read and mark important pages, so that you will be better prepared for the tests and writing assignments in your English class.Use a journal or notebook, and follow the directions for the prompts below. Middle School: Required Grade book: Do prompts 1 and 2 Choice summer reading book: Do prompts 1and 2. Upper School: Required Book: Do all five prompts Choice Book: Do prompts 1, 2 and choose one prompt from 3, 4 or 5. Do a total of THREE prompts.
Prompts: 1. Find, underline or highlight at least five important passages in the book that have meaning for you and that help you understand the character conflicts, major themes or symbolism or point to pivotal moments in the book. After highlighting these passages, write a detailed explanation of this passage. Do this in your book OR on a separate piece of paper.
2. Name, identify and describe in detail the important characters in the book.
3 Identify the narrative point of view; is it first person, third person, omniscient?
4. Identify the following literary elements: setting, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, conflicts, major themes and examples of figurative language such as metaphors, similes, symbols or personification.
5 Identify the diction (language, word choices) used by the author; formal, colloquial, flowery, harsh, colorful, local dialect etc. How does the diction impact the tone of the author? What is the tone? Does the tone vary or stay the same?
Middle School Selections
~Kelly Frank: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
~Jeff Reynolds: Heart of a Champion by Carl Deuker
~Connell NeSmith: My Dog Skip by Willie Morris
~Janie Owens: Alabama Moon by Watt Key
~Holly Wylie: A Night to Remember by Walter Lord (7-12)
~Mary Frank Yates: Gentle's Holler by Kerry Madden.
~Gayle Gawlick and Carey Ann Schuck: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (7-10)
~Sarah Sherrick: Speak Laurie Hales Anderson (8-12 girls only)
~Jonathan Bysura Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice by Pete Nelson
~Karen Linde Shadowland by Meg Cabot
~Laura Schott Crusader by Edward Bloor
Guidelines for Student Preparation:
You MUST bring a copy of your required book to school, as you will be using it during the first few weeks. Annotate (underline, highlight, take notes) as you read and mark important pages, so that you will be better prepared for the tests and writing assignments in your English class. Use a journal or notebook, and follow the directions for the prompts below.
Middle School:
Required Grade book: Do prompts 1 and 2
Choice summer reading book: Do prompts 1and 2.
Upper School:
Required Book: Do all five prompts
Choice Book: Do prompts 1, 2 and choose one prompt from 3, 4 or 5. Do a total of THREE prompts.
Prompts:
1. Find, underline or highlight at least five important passages in the book that have meaning for you and that help you understand the character conflicts, major themes or symbolism or point to pivotal moments in the book. After highlighting these passages, write a detailed explanation of this passage. Do this in your book OR on a separate piece of paper.
2. Name, identify and describe in detail the important characters in the book.
3 Identify the narrative point of view; is it first person, third person, omniscient?
4. Identify the following literary elements: setting, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, conflicts, major themes and examples of figurative language such as metaphors, similes, symbols or personification.
5 Identify the diction (language, word choices) used by the author; formal, colloquial, flowery, harsh, colorful, local dialect etc. How does the diction impact the tone of the author? What is the tone? Does the tone vary or stay the same?